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Recently I had been getting some errors while in the update manager from the Opera web browser repository.  Mainly to the effect of "..the following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available.." (referring to deb.opera.com stable)  Well I was too lazy to do anything about it until today lol..Here's what you do:
1.  Open a terminal.
2.  Type the following: (do not copy/paste)
 wget(space)-O-(space)http://deb.opera.com/archive.key(space)|(space)sudo(space)apt-key(space)add(space)-
3.  Hit enter, and enter password.  Done!
NOTE:  (space) is exactly that..a space..sometimes I've noticed in tutorials it's hard to tell when there is a space and when there isn't, so I have written them in..all the incidents of (space) are in yellow, and not to be typed as words.  Also, make sure to get the dash at the end of the command.
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Linux Mint 10 "Julia" is out and garnering more downloads than ever, according to linuxmint.com.  Clement LeFebvre and the rest of the Linux Mint team must be really excited (and overwhelmed) about the amount of traffic that this latest release of Mint is getting.  Get your copy today! (Or whenever you are able due to overloaded servers :D )
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Check out the new OS review I did of Peppermint OS One, a hot new distro that is going to be really great.  Here's a link to the review
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As I recently upgraded to Linux Mint 9 after a long and patient wait from Mint 7 (we won't discuss the debacle that was Ubuntu Karmic Koala here) I installed one of my favorite must-have packages, the AWN dock.  This is a launcher bar that sits at the bottom of the screen and functions like a panel and was inspired by the 'dock' used on Mac.  I was so impressed with the latest version (.4) of AWN that I decided it deserved its very own review!  So head over to my Linux blog to find out what I have to say about Avant-Window-Navigator!
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Every time I install a new distro, I always forget to make copies of the libflashplayer.so and libjavaplugin.so files to copy into the /usr/share/flock/plugins folder in order to have Flash player and Java Plugins to work with Flock.  I decided to write up a tutorial for anyone else who needs to know..and hopefully one of these days, Flock will fix that issue..after all, it is a Firefox derivative and if Opera can automatically link to those files, you would think Flock would too. End of rant.  Anyway here is the link to the tutorial..pass it on to anyone in need or throw it on Stumble Upon.
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I was very reluctant to try Ubuntu out again for a while after the 9.10 Karmic Koala fiasco but since I was eagerly awaiting Linux Mint 9, I figured I would give it a try.  Turns out I was very very surprised.  Was it good or was it bad??  Find out now at The New Linux User
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I was finally able to get a copy of PCLinuxOS 2010 and have now done a review of the KDE version (although I did also check out the Gnome version too) so if you want to read up on what I have to say about the new PCLOS, check it out our sister site, Linux Help for Beginners.  Enjoy!
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It's an exciting time to be a Linux user for sure!  New versions of Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Crunch Bang Linux and PCLinuxOS will all be out soon and are eagerly awaited by their many fans.   As soon as there are some final releases available, I will make sure to have those reviews posted on the sister site, so stay tuned.
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Bye Bye Forum 03/07/2010
 
well the forum is officially gone, due to lack of interest.  I'm afraid that I'm still pretty obscure trafficwise so until things pick up, the forum is toast :(
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Apologies 03/07/2010
 
I should take the time here to apologise to my loyal readers (there must be one of you somewhere) for not being dutiful in posting.  I have been very busy working on artwork.  The better I get at using the GIMP, the more I obsessively create.  I get on obsessive kicks and this one might really last a long time since no piece of art is ever the same (unless you are a forgery artist but I'm nowhere near that good lol) At any rate, I shall endeavor to try harder and in the meantime, if you can't find me writing, you can always find me "painting" at DeviantArt.
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